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very thin voice

phantasmagoric

heroic

dyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye)

slow-paced style of shamisen music with vocal accompaniment (popular during the late Edo period)

nutrient

inevitable

subject of examination

bonded area (i.e. customs)

Director General of (former) Defence Agency (Defense)

box lunch (containing rice and 10-15 small portions of fish, meat, and vegetables)

foreign ship (esp. from Spain and Portugal from the late Muromachi period to the early Edo period)

dying in a fit of anger or indignation

smuggling oneself into a country

handing over (of a right, property, etc.)

blind acceptance

New Year's visit to a shrine or temple which lies in a favorable (favourable) or lucky direction

untrodden peak

deviation value (usu. scaled to mean of 50, standard deviation of 10, and often used for academic grades)

getting slightly intoxicated and humming a tune

main road

failed attempt (at a crime, suicide, etc.)

simplified receipt with a blank line to be filled out with the customer's name (used specifically for claiming expenses)

(not even) for a moment

rapid succession (e.g. questions)

execute by shooting to death (by firing squad)

physical examination (given at conscription)

spiny lobster (esp. Japanese spiny lobster, Panulirus japonicus)

rope used to cordon off consecrated areas or as a talisman against evil

point-blank range